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Question: To what extent do you agree or disagree? - Married people are generally happier than unmarried people.
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither Agree Nor Disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
6 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Republic of Korea56.8%
2 Canada34.7%
3 Germany31.6%
4 Japan29.8%
5 Australia27.3%
6 France 17.4%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany.

No data for 4 countries.

Source
ISSP 2012

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -1.584718 X +7.089
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.491
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.241

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -37685.485564 X +58615.920
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.393
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.154

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 2.195516 X +82.110
Correlation coefficient (r)0.240
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.058

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -2.603866 X +2.299
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.941
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.885

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 30.400030 X +2.140
Correlation coefficient (r)0.862
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.743